The hosts discuss how collecting other people's secrets can be a way of maintaining control and power dynamics in relationships through anonymous messaging apps and social media. They also reveal who is responsible for reading and listening to their audience's messages.
The host talks about how they joke about mistakes and admits their reservations about the name of their podcast, Suicide Buddies. They then explain that it's about historical suicides and is intended to be a fun suicide podcast.
In this introductory episode, the hosts discuss their future release schedule and briefly touch on the topic of the book they will be discussing on the podcast.
The hosts talk about the importance of having someone monitor conversations to ensure that nothing gets said that shouldn't be heard by certain people.
Drew introduces himself and gives permission for the call to be recorded and used on the Darknet Diaries podcast.
The hosts discuss the prank video's exclusivity and mention that it will eventually be uploaded to YouTube. Behind the scenes details are revealed.